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..i. iIu.ME PRINT. VoL XXII U)U\ 1 Y JjIkEUTOUY. Ofiiujaij— J. f Cariuiciiael. b it-ml i. U. Beauutiiiujp, D|>u y—J. VV . CrawlurU. Survt-yoi— B. Jinks, i reasuier—T. L. V\ illiams. lax Collector — T. j. Cule. iax Receiver- -C. R. Carter. Coroner — Simon liaruy. Cierk Superior Court—Joe Jolly ; couii 3rd Mondays m February anu August. Koau Commuibionfcrs—Gls G. M. J. L, Baikley, H. U. Asbury, T. U, Woodward ; 013 G. M., J, M. Ball. J.E. Hale, j. W Fletcher; 609 G. M., J. VV. Miuter, J. L. Pye, S. K. b mith ; 014 G. M., J. VV. Hoioway, J. 11. Cole, J. Van Wright; 552 G. M., D. b, Moore. R. M. Harper, F. M. Maddox; 012 G. M. W. O. Crawley, Cornelius McCluare, T. ii. Moitm; 610 J, M. t T. P. bell, K. M. Fletcner, J. G. Col dwell; 616 G. M., J. H. Maddox, J. J. Wileon, J. C. barnes. ll>ard ot Education--W. M. Mal let, A. G Hitchens, J. T. Goodman, D. N. Carmichael, J. M. McMichael. E. E. Pound C, S. C. Ollice in court house. Jury Coimnißßionerß---H. N. By* ars, T. L. Williams, VV. B. Dozier, E. J. Ball, T. P, BMI, AlexAtkin eon. Justices Court—6ls Dist., R. A, Woodward, J. P.; J. G, Kimbell. N. P. 613 Dist. H. L. Brown, j, P.; H. C. Thaxton, N. P. 609 Dist., W. A. Waldrup, J. P,; Steye Moo e. N. P. 552 Diet, lames Jolly, J P.; J. M. Maudox IN. P. 612 Dist., Howard Ham, J. P.; F. Z. Curry, N. P. 610 Diet., T.J. Collins, J. P.; T. P. bell, S. P. 616 Diet., O. B. Knowies, J, P.; J. L. Barnet, N. P. 614 Dist., A. H. Ogleiree, J. P.; VV, F. Douglas, N. P. city directory. Mayor E. E. Pound. Connciltnen — T. J. Lane, J. VV. Car michael, 11. I*. Bailey, T. M. Furlow. CHURCHES. Methodist —Rev. T. W. Bell, pastor. Services every Sunday at 11 a.iM., 7 p.m. Prayer meeting every VVednes day night. Baptist -Rev. G. W. Gardner, pas tor. Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p.m. Prayer meeting ever\ Thursday night. Presbyterian—Rev. Mr. Ph-a.r, pas tor. Services every 3rd fauuday at 11 a.in. and 7 p.m., and every let fcjunday at 7 p.m. SECRET SOCIETIKS. F. & A. Al. —Chapter meets 2nd and 4th Monday nights. Blue Lodge, lsi and 3rd Monday nights. liedincn— 2nd and 4th Tuesdaj nights in each month. PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. WW. Anderson. Frank Z. Curry. ANDE&SON& CURRY. attoiinevs AT I.AW. Negotiates loans on real estate. Office up stairs over the Yellow store, Jackson, Georgia. M. M. MILLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in court house, Jackson, Georgia. M. V. MKIBBEN, Attorney at Law, JACKSON, GEORGIA. Dr.O.H. Cantrell. DENTIST, JACKSON, GEORGIA. CLEVELAND HOUSE. JACKSON, - - - - GA. The only brick Hotel between Atlan ta and Macon. Board $2 00 per day. Miss Jennie Wallace Ptop. deel4-12m DEMPSEY HOUSE. SOUTHEAST CORNER PUBLIC SQUARE, JACKSON, GA. Strictly first-class in all respects. Give it a trial when you come to Jack son. Terms moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed. nRS. A. M . JESTER, Prop. dee!4-3m STOP AT THE Morrison House. EVER Y THING NE W AM DRIEST- CLASS. Oeavemently Located. Free Hack to Depot. C. R. Gresham, Propriet r TIE JACKS®! ARGUS. 1111. NESBITTS LETTEIt His Monthly Talk to the Farmers of the Stale of Georgia. TH WATERMELON GROWTH It Is a Crop to the Farmers of the Stale—The March Freeze—Cot ton Damaged Badly—Other Farming News. Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, June 1, 1894. THE MARCH FREEZE. Throughout the state the disastrous effect of the March freeze was felt, in some localities necessitating the entire replanting of cotton, and, in the more northern portions, even the young corn, which was just coming up or had com menced to grow off, had to be plowed up and planted over again. But by the middle oi May these crops had almost recovered from the temporary backset. THE FRUIT CROP, however, peaches, pears, and to some extent apples and small fruits, not ex cepting the hardy blackberries, had suf fered too, severely. In almost every section the peaches and pears were en tirely cut off, and, in some instances, the trees also were injured bey on i rem edy. One pre-eminent misfortune of this kind Is the destruction of a beauti ful spring orchard on Kennesaw moun tain. The trees were unusually hand some and healthy, and would have come into full bearing next year. lam told that not one was spared. The fact that a freeze like this comes perhaps about once in 20 or 80 years, contains little for the loser. Its rarity cau only encourage those who contemplate setting out young orchards, and whose hopes are in the future, j In one or two favored sections the in jury to the orchards was not material, (but the fact cannot be disputed that fruit of all kinds will le at a premium. In filling this hiathus the I GEORGIA WATERMELON i'omes prominently forward. The early Jplantings were of course injured more or less, but the replant is making steady progress, and, though the weather has (continued most unfavorable, the season •to melon growers bids fair to bo an un usually profitable one. > While crops generally were still suf fering from the freeze the i BUZZARD IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY kame upon us, and it is disheartening to tagaln have to chronicle the severe injury sustained by the young plants scarcely yet recovered from the previous dis jaster. In northern Georgia, more es pecially, the heavy winds and unex jpected cold wrought sad havoc with .tender vegetation. The corn, though much whipped and twisted by the se verity of the wind, can withstand a de gree of cold, before which the delicate young cotton must succumb, and the jeorn fields are now taking on a vigorous growth, hut the plants in' the devastated icotton fields look almost as if they would never hold up their heads again. Where The crop bad been brought to a “stand” the injury was of course proportionally greater. In some cases those plants whioh were able to resist the • first ef fects of the trying weather, finally died from the secondary “sore shins” and the depredations of hoe, always worse, when the mornings and evenings are uhilly. Where the crop has been tided over this critical period the yield may yet reach a fair average. In caaee where the first injury, com bined with the chilly days and parching winds of the last of May, have suoceed ud in killing out the “stand,” it is now too late to remedy the evil. Cotton once well started, will resist a degree of back treatment, which corn, in its shorter Kriod Of development, will resent, but 9 cotton, in older to develop success fully, must be in good growing condi tion by the first of June. As stated last mouth, if, as a rale, the first of June finds the farmer with good stands and i'lean fields, ne can hopefully enter on the work or that busy month. But this |ls an exceptional year. Though the farmer may hare prosecuted his work with judgment and well directed ener gy, he may have the misfortune to wit ness the destruction of his best laid plans, and this by agencies entirely be vond his control. I fear that in some ooalities the cotton has been too badly damaged to recover. Although it is now too late to replant, let us not resign our selves to supine regret. We cannot afford to plow up the plants that remain if even half a stand is left. The culti tivatiou must go on, and in order that the MISSING SPACES may be made to pay something for the work which they, in common with the [cotton, must receive, it would be well jto drop a few Spanish, ground peas or [whippoorwill peas in the long gaps. The •mistake so often made in planting peas with another crop is that the variety chosen is of too luxuriant growth, and finally overrun® and chokes out the less [vigorous crop. This is true of all the running kinds, but if the whippoorwill, ‘whose habit is to bunch rather than [spread out, is used, we obviate this diffi culty. Ground peas, vines and nuts, pulled np and cure I together, make splendid forage, and those who have tried it Jtnow- the value of pea vine hay. In ths after crop we also store up nitrogen in the soil for future use, and thus receive a double benefit, for we can appropriate all that we can cut, and still the roots and stems remain to perform their im portant office os nitrogen gatherers. Unfortunately there are cases where the COTTON IS KILLED out, or there are only a few plants left standing and these separated by long blank Intervals. If the farmer does not wish te plant the prepared land in peas JACKSON, GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1894. or ground peas, it is net yet too late to plant it in corn. T have known a full crop to be made in this way where the Seasons proved suitable. If the cotton rows are four feet check the corn rows across five or six feet, giving greater or less distance, accor ling to the middle of rows and strength of land. By this method we have the option of plowing the crop both ways, which hastens the cultivation and reduces the hoe work. In looking over the records for 1893 I am reminded that the spring was most unfavorable, and yet the average crop year, except in northern Georgia, proved exceptionally good. Let us take courage from our past experience, and though the present outlook is most dishearten ing, let us steadily go forward with the work which crowds upon us in this busy month. The fact that the crops are unusually backward and unpromising points to even more urgent necessity for careful and rapid work. Each tims that the soil is stirred the little plants are encouraged by fresh supplies of moisture, air ami warmth, and and we should neglect no means of giv ing these in as full measure as possible. THE CULTIVATION OF THE CORN AND COTTON. On a large area in the state the com crop will be ready to “lay by” before the first of July. At the last working, which, though shallow, should be thor ough, sow peas, either broadcast or in the center lurrow. Iu the very careful experiments at our experiment station, as to the best method of utilizing the vines, the conclusion is, that more is gained by cutting and curing for hay that by gathering the peas or turning under the crop. The cotton being un usually small requires most careful work. The warm days of June will, we hope, revive the drooping plants. This is essentially a sun crop and it is astonishing to witness its powers of re cuperation under the influence of heat and light. THE HARVESTING OF TIIE GRAIN AND CLOVER Comes at a very inconvenient time for a cotton farm. If possible the work should be done with the farm hands, and in the present backward condition of other crops, this is comparatively an easy undertaking. To avoid unneces sary waste in harvesting the clover, do not allow it to remain exposed too long to the weather, otherwise the loss in both blooms ana leaves is considerable. After cutting, leave for a few hours, until thoroughly wilted, then gather into lieap3. and as soon as cured, haul to shelter. The grain intended for feeding can be cut earlier than that intended lor seed or to be ground into flour. As soon as the grain is off sow peas broadcast, a bushel to the acre, using about 200 pounds of superphosphate. If the land is in good condition, or if the work is done immediately after a rain, the cut away harrow furnishes an excellent and rapid means of plowing them iu. If the land is hard or the season dry it be comes necessary to use the ordinary turn plows, scooter or shovel. SOWING OF MILLET SORGHUM and other forage crops can still go on, always remembering that, the later the sowing the richer the land should be. POTATOES also can be planted all through June with great success. Indeed, some ex periment farms maintain that slips and vines put out in June make as many potatoes, which are smoother and re quire less work than the earlier plant ings. If the slips are ready and the land well broken, a rain is not at all necessary. If water is accessible put plenty in the hole, press in the slip and cover with •ry dirt. In nine cases out of 10 they succeed as well, and some times better, than if planted after a heavy rain. The following from the March num ber of the Southern Cultivator was crowded out of last month’s “Talk.” The term “fodder,” as used in the sta tion report here, means the stalk, leaves and shuck all cured together: HARVESTING THE CORN CROP—PULLING FODDER. It seems rather premature to refer to this question at this season, bnt it is of as much importance to the farmer to save the stalks and fodder, as to save the corn, and we introduce it here to call attention to the tremendous waste in the usual method of pulling the blades and leaving the standing stalks, which, when preparations for another crop be f'in, are either piled and burned—a dead oss—or cut and plowed under, a meth od of questionable utility and little pres ent benefit. In Virginia it has been firoven by actual experiment, that in his one item the farmers of that state waste every year more money than would pay their state taxation, i As we stated before, corn is a costly crop, and every part of the plant has drawn tribute from our time and labor and money. Why should we retain on ly a part, and throw away the other mads at equal expense and just as val uable? No doubt the statement that every part of the corn stalk is of equal nutritive value, and that the whole is of more value than the ears grown upon it, is an astounding revelation to the gener ality of farmers, but such is the fact, which has been established, not only by labaratory trperiment, but by actual tests with stock in feeding, and we feel bound to call attention to it. The fol lowing is a summary of results pub lished N by the Maryland station after careful tests: 1. All parts of the corn plant contain valuable food materials, the dry matter having nearly the same composition. 2. The corn stubble and husks con tain 60 per cent of the total digestible matter produced by the plant, and the blades only 11 per cent of the total di gestible matter. 3. Corn husks or shucks contain 72 per cent of digestible matter. ■4. Corn stubble or butts contain GG.S per cent of digestible matter. 5. Comblales or leaves contain G 4.2 per cent of digestible matter. 6. Topped corn fodder < stover) con tains 55 per cent of digestible matter. 7. There is more digestible matter contained in the corn fodder from one acre than in the corn ears from one acre. b. The corn fodder, or stover, from ons aers yields as mnch digestible mat tar as two tons of timothy bay. 9. There is enough degestible matter f>roduced by the corn fodder grown n the southern states to winter all the live stock existing in those states, if it was properly preserved and prepared in a palatable form. 10. By cutting and crushing the corn- stalks, cattle will eat and utilize nearly all of them. 11. Corn fodder (stover) furnishes a food rich in digestible carbohydrates. 12. Corn fodder, when fed alone, will nearly maintain cattle, but should be supplemented with some food rich in nitrogen, when feeding for the produc tion of growth, flesh or milk. In view of the above, does it not seem almost beyond belief that some certain method of preserving the stalk entire has not yet been decided upon, and that farmers still go on with the same old expensive method of “pulling fodder” and leaving the other parts af the stalk to be wasted? Our object in referring thu9 early to this question, is to induce each fanner, if possible, to try a little experimentation on a small scale. “Iu a multitude of counsellors there is wis dom,” end by these practical tests we may arrive at the best and surest method of utilizing what has heretofore been merely a “waste product.” We know that it is well worth saving—the question is, how best to accomplish this with our surroundings. In a higher latitude it is a comparatively simple matter. Let each farmer resolve to try a few rows at least. Asa general guide the following taken from an exchange is worth trying: “Have the crop cut down at the roots as soon as the corn is well glazed, and before the fodder is all dead and wasted. Set the shocks up in large, well built form. Tie them round the tops with binder twine, and if well set they will stand firmly until well cured and fit for storing in the barn or shed, after the ears have been pulled. You will find an immense economy in time and labor in thus handling the crop, besides securing the whole of the feeding value of the fodder.” The practical knowledge of expe rienced farmers may suggest improve ments on the above. Let them make the tests and let us hear from them. R. T. Nesbitt. GEORGIA CROP~REPORT. Issued by the Department of Agriculture. General Remarks. We regret to record that since our last report the weather conditions have been such as to materially damage the prospect of our great staple crop, cotton, while other crops have also suffered from the cold weather prevailing the latter part of the month. COTTON. Throughout north Georgia the dam age to the cotton crop is great. This damage is of such a character that it cannot at this time be fully estimated. Not alone where the injury is apparent by the death of the plant will tins dam age be felt, but the debilitated condition of the plant is such as to render it more liable to disease and sore shin and other diseases to which the plant *3 subject will further impair the already imper fect stand. On the low lands of the northern portion of the state the direct injury was so great as to necessitate plowing up inf many instances and from this cause there is in this section of the state an appreciable reduction in the acreage while the condition and pros pect are 15 per cent less than that of last year. Next to north Georgia mid dle Georgia has suffered most, while the more southern portions of the state have suffered least. Compared with the last report from this department the condi tion and prospect has fallen off 9 per cent. CORN. Less liable to injure the corn crop has not been materially damaged, while the slow growth of the plant evidences, especially in north Georgia, the effect of the cold weather of the latter part of the mouth. Iu the state as a whole it is apparen in a reduction of 1 per cent in condition and prospect. In north Geor gia an increased acreage is shown from plowing up of cotton and replanting in corn. WHEAT AND OATS. The indicated yield, as given by the correspondents of the department, is not so great as we would wish, and the damage of the severe weather of the early spring is apparent. Harvesting is now in progress, and we hope in our next report to give data of a more cer tain character as to the yield per acre throughout the state. FRUIT. Great injury to the fruit crop gener ally throughout the state has long been apparent. The dropping of immature apples, many of which were supposed to have been set, has greatly reduced the prospects of a yield of this fruit, and only a very small crop may be expected. Notes About Good Iloads. In all the states of the Union good roads are essential to progress and the spread of intelligence. The people are able to get the prod ucts of the farm to market when good roads are provided, and the value of agricultural laud i3 proportionately in creared. The farmers in Xew Jersey, where they once with a team drew a ton, with new roads are able to draw six tons. Bad roads rob good horses and vehi cles of much of their practical value,be sides tending to shorten their terms of usefulness. The question of good roads is essen tially a question of public and individ ual well being. The farmers of this section of the country are being gradually brought to Understand that good roads bring them nearer the market, and will enable them to easily draw with their teams double the loads they now carry. As one who was raised a farmer boy, and who in common with others worked the roads to no avail, I am now unre servedly committed to all honest en deavor that will lead to better roads, ind shall work and teach to that end.— Brofessor L. Higgins. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES Given by the Georgia Department of Agriculture FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. Some New* Relating to Farming, Gar dening, Dairying, Stock Halting, Etc., Which Will Be Interest ing to the Farmers. Department of Agriculture. Atlanta, June 1, 1894. COLORADO POTATO BEETLE. Enclosed I send you a small striped bug that i doing great damage to my potatoes. What is it, and what is the remedy? R. G. C., Dallas, Ga. The enclosed bug is the Colorado po tato beetle which, in many sections of the country, has been very destructive in the potato fields. It has only in re cent years made its appearance in north Alabama and north Georgia, and east and middle Tennessee. Paris green or London purple, both being arsenites, are regarded as the best remedies. Use in the dry form, mixed in the propor tion of one pound of the poison to five of flour, and two of dry dust, fiae ashes or air slacked lime; apply with a sifter or perforated pan. If sprayed or sprin kled over the vines in liquid form, use asm all teaspoonful to two gallons of water or even three gallons. Be careful in handling the Paris green or London purple, as It is a deadly poison. CUT CLOVER. When is the best time to cut clover for hay? P. O. P., Crawfish Springs. In our opinion, the best bay is made by cutting the clover when it is in full bloom, before the seeds have formed. Experiments on this subject coincide with this view. THE HORN FLY. Through a large portion of southern Georgia this pest has proven very an noying to cattle, and while we have pre viously answered as to life habits of the fly and the remedies suggested by the de partment at Washington, yet, owing to the large number of inquiries that con tinue to be made, we give the following valuable suggestions from the work of the Mississippi experiment station: The remedies for the fly consists of (1) various applications to the animals to keep the flies off; (2) applications to the animals to kill the flies; and (3) ap plications to the dung to kill the larvae. During the past two seasons we have experimented with many substances which have been applied to keep the flies from the animals,, most of which have proved of but little value, as they evaporate so rapidly. The following, however, have been fairly satisfactory, as they keep the cattle free from flies from a week to 10 days. Crude cotton seed oil or fish oil and pine tar mixed, about two parts of the former to one of the latter. The two mix readily and are very easily applied to the animals at milking time by means of a large paint brush. Applied in this manner it takes but a half minute to a cow, making the cost of the application but a small item. We have treated 850 head at a time with the crude cotton seed oil and tar in this way, using but four gallons of the oil and less than two gallons of the pine tar. The cost of the oil is 30 cents per gallon and of the tar about 50 cents, making the total cost of the application to 850 head about $2.20, or about three-fourths of a cent per head. A preparation known as “gnat oil,” which is largely used in some localities for buffalo gnats, as its name implies, has given about the same success as the above. It is made as follows: Crude carbolic acid, 1 ounce. Pennyroyal, 1 -2 to 1 ounce. Sulphur, I*2 pound. Crude cotton seed oil, 1 gallon. This was applied to the animals in the same manner as was the first prepara tion, and we were unable to see any difference in the animals treated with the gnat oil and those treated with the crude cotton seed oil an 1 pine tar mixt ure, both preparations keeping the ani mals free from the flies from a week to 10 days, depending to soma extent upon how numerous the flies were at the time. The best application to kill the flies is kerosene emulsion. In 1892 we experi mented quite successfully in this line. The milk emulsion was used, made by mixing thoroughly one part of slightly sour milk with two parts of kerosene and then diluting this with 12 to 15 parts of water. The emulsion was applied to the animals at milking time by means of a knapsack sprayer, di recting the spray directly upon the flies as much as possible. After three appli cations in as many days the flies were killed out so that they ware not again numerous until nearly three weeks la ter. In 1893 the emulsion remedy was again tried, but not with as favorable results. The crude oo tton seed oil and tar mixture being so cheap and so easily applied, we have adopted 'this method of treatment as the best. Some writers have recommended the application of lime or plaster to the cow dung in the field to kill the larvae as be ing the best method of lessening the numbers of the horn flies. The condi tions as to the pasturage of the animals throughout the south, however, are such that this method of treatment is not practicable. Application to the animals of sub stances to keep the flies off is the best treatment for the horn fly. Of the many substances ussd for this purpose, two parts of crude cotton seed oil mixed with one part of pine tar we consider the best, cheapest and the most easily applied. It should be applied to the an imals at milking time with a large paint brush, the cost being but three-fourths of a cent per cow. If the crude cotton seed oil cannot be readily obtained, fish oil or any other cheap oil may be used in its stead. TO PRESERVE EOG9. Please give me a method to preserve eggs. A. L. TANARUS., Wood! awn. The following from an exchange will give you an excellent method of pre serving eggs, with the causes that lead to eggs spoiling. The egg shell is perforated by a myriad of small pores, which can only be per ceived by the aid of a microscope. Their effect is evident because it is by them that day by day the albumen evaporates and gives place to air. When the egg is completely full, a fluid passes con stantly towards the pores, and it is the principal agent of corruption; this cor ruption is manifested more rapidly in warm than in cold weather. An egg absolutely fresh is absolutely and pro verbially full, but in the stale eggs there is a proportionally empty place caused by the loss of albumen by evaporation. If the tongue is applied to the en 1 of a fresh egg, it is felt to be completely cool; if applied to a stale egg, it is found to be warm, because the albumen of the new egg, being in contact with the shell, absorbs the heat of the tongue more rapidly than the air contained in the shell of the stale egg. By inter cepting the air and preventing it from penetrating the shell, so as not to kill the germ and prevent its hatching, the egg can be preserved longer than in any other way. There have been obtained, says a French writer, chickens hatched from eggs kept for two years in varnish (glaze.) This, he states, may be thus prepared: Dissolve some gnralac in a sufficient quantity of alcohol to make a slight glaze; put in each egg, and when all the egg3 are completely dry, pack them in bran, wool or sawdust, taking care to place the large end upwards, and preventing them from damage or rolling about. When the eggs are wanted, carefully remove the glaze with some alcohol, and they will be found in the same state as when they were en veloped, that is to say, good to eat or to hatch. This method is said to be the best and the most sure that has yet been tried. LATE POTATOES. Please give me what you consider a good method of raising late potatoes. J. N. C., Jonesboro. In previous reports from this depart ment, you will find this subject dealt with at length. These reports we send you, and add the following suggestions from a report of the North Carolina Ex periment station: “While, in this climate, hilling is of great advantage with the early crop, we are satisfied that flat culture is es sential with the late one, and flat cul ture can only be well done with deeply planted potatoes. The result of my ex perience, then, may be summed up in the following recommendations for the late crop: “The general practice is to use the culls, or small potatoes which are not fit for shipping, for planting the second crop. Some claim that this practice leads to degeneration and soon compels a renewal from northern seed; while others claim that the culls are as good as any. Our own experiments in this line have not been continued long enough for me to give an opinion. My practice is to take potatoes of the early crop and spread them in shade of a tree, or other out door screen, until they are well greened by the light. They are then bedded in a single layer, as sweet pota toes are bedded, but, of course, no ma nure or hot bed is used, and covered with about two inches of sandy soil. Here they remain until August. Any time after the first week in August up to the 20th of the month, will do well In this latitude for planting the crop. We then use for planting only those that have started to sprout, and always plant them whole. Many failures in getting a stand are due to cutting the potatoes at this season.” “But the most important matter is the preparation of the ground and the mode of planting. I prefer for the late crops a piece of ground upon which a crop of field peas has been grown and mown for hay. This can usually be had even when we use the same land upon which the early crop grew, for if we sow peas at once upon the land as soon a3 the early crop is off they can be mown by the second week in August, and the stubble at once turned for the second crop. “No matter how thoroughly the land was manured for the early crop it will be best to use a liberal supply of fer tilizer for the late one. If put upon a pea stnbble there will be no need for farther purchase of nitrogen as was es sential with the early crop; but it, will always pay to use 600 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds of kainit broadcast for this crop. “In planting lay off the furrows three feet apart, run twice or three times in a furrow and clean it ont with a shovel if OFFICIAL ORGAN. NO 25 not uniformly deep and regular. Pre pare, plant and cover one row at a time while the soil is fresh. Plant at the bottom of the deep furrow, but cover very lightly. The covering we do with a hoe, and let the man who covers tramp over the row after covering, so as to press the soil tightly to the seed. When planting on a large scale, a machine similar to one nsed in some sections for covering corn may be used. This con sists of an ordinary plow beam and handles, with a cross bar in front, to which are attached two spike teeth a foot apart, and behind these a narrow roller. The two spikes will pull in plenty of soil from the sides of the trench, and the roller will compact it. “Such a coverer can easily be made at home. Potatoes, properly sprouted, planted in this way, will all be certain to grow, and a good stand is easy to get. As the potatoes grow the soil is pulled in around them by running the cultiva tor through until, finally, the trench is level. Do all the culture with the ordi nary one-horse cultivator, and do not hill up. The potatoes will then form in the deep bed of mellow soil, the deep furror will tend to retain moisture, and the crop will be larger than if grown in hills or ridges. “The important points to observe, we think, are: “1. Bed the seed in the soil until planting time. This gets rid of those too immature to grow and which, if planted, would leave gaps in the row. “2. Plant about the second week in August, if possible, and use only those potatoes that are sprouted. “3. Plant in a deep furrow, but cover very lightly, and pack the soil to the seed. “4. Never cut the potatoes for the late crop under any circumstances, whether large or small. “5. Gradually fill the soil to the plants as they grow, and cultivato the orop perfectly flat. “When grown on a small scale and in dry land, after the tops are dead, clean them off and throw a ridge of soil over the row by throwing a furrow on each side. Cover the ridges with pine traw and the potatoes will keep there during the winter as well as anywhere, can be dug as wanted for the table during the winter, and will be found in better con dition for planting at the usual time than if dug in the fall. This plan can not be well practiced except on well drained soil.” The wholesome supply of food that we can obtain for the winter months, without depending upon the northern market, and the prices we can obtain in our local market, commends a home raised supply of late potatoes to every Georgia farmer. That the day is not far off when all our farmers will avail themselves of the possibilities offered by this crop, there is little doubt. PEANUTS. What is the best soil for peanuts? To what kind of plants does it belong. R. I. J., Rocky Faoe. The peanut requires a calcareous or lime soil. Where there is not sufficient lime in the soil it should be sugplied, at the rate of from 20 to 40 bushels to the acre. It should also be well manured. The plant is a legumine. SHEEP LICE. Will you kindly give me a remedy for lice in sheep. A. D. H., Camilla. If your sheep are dipped regularly once a year as a rule they will b® free from lioe. Pyrethum or Persian inseot powder, if it comes in contact with the lice, is sure death to them. The lice are generally found on the inner part of the thighs and fore legs, and on the sides and neck. Two ounces of sulphur* mixed with a pound of lard, to which has been added 30 drops of creosote will also kill the lice. STRING HALT. I have a horse that is stringhatyed. Can you give me a remedy? What is the cause of this disease or trouble? I. A. M., Social Circle. We know of no treatment that would benefit stringhalt. It has been said that the affection depends or rather is the result of some obscure disease of the sciatic nerve. It is, however, very doubtful whether this is the true ex planation of the trouble. In some cases there is evidence that the hock itself is affected. The United States government will do a graceful thing and a useful thing in making a considerable appropriation for the International and Cotton States ex position, which opens at Atlanta in the autumn of 1895. The hustling the peo ple of that city are doing in the way of preparation is only to be compared to that of Chicago in the busiest days be fore its fair. What Atlanta and the cotton states can do to make their show a success will be done. The gods must help those who help themselves, and the gads in this case are the members of congress. The commercial interests of the whole nation will be forwardtd by that fair, because its promoters will bring in, as has never before been done, exhibitors from the West Indies and Central and South America. The result will be enlarged trade and increased good will between the United States and its sister republics of the new world. The success of the Atlanta fair will unite the American republics in closer bonds and help them to stand together against the world. Roads are at once a factor in the de felopment of civilized society and an jvidence of attainments.